The Artist Support Grant is intended to support a broad range of talented artists in the genres of visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, music composition, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts. Artists can include musicians, dancers, filmmakers, actors, literary artists, as well as visual artists.
Donor Name: Emerge Gallery & Art Center
State: North Carolina
County: Edgecombe County (NC), Greene County (NC), Nash County (NC), Pitt County (NC), Wayne County (NC), Wilson County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant is a regional grant program to support individual artists in all phases of their career. The program funds professional and artistic development for emerging or established artists to create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences.
Funding Information
Grants are between $500 and $2,000.
Grant Period
January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027.
Eligible projects
- Completion/Presentation of a New Work — Cost of resources necessary to complete or present a significant new work (e.g., purchasing art supplies or equipment (digital may qualify) or space rental
- Career Promotion — Projects aimed at advertising artists’ work and/or demonstrating their skill level (e.g., websites, portfolios, audio-visual documentation, and online presentation)
- Training — Costs to attend a class or workshop (in-person or virtual) aimed at either enhancing the artist’s skill level or professional development (e.g., a master class or workshop taught by acknowledged authorities in the applicant artist’s medium)
- Travel — Costs of transportation, lodging, training, professional conferences, or research as allowed or possible while adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artists and small, unincorporated groups of collaborating artists are eligible to apply.
- Eligible artists include North Carolina residents who have resided in eastern North Carolina for at least 1 year in the following counties: Edgecombe, Greene, Nash, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Artists can include musicians, dancers, filmmakers, actors, literary artists, as well as visual artists. - Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and cannot be currently enrolled in a degree or certificate program.
- Previous award winners CANNOT reapply consecutive years.
For more information, visit Emerge Gallery & Art Center.
